What’s Happening at B&N

July 14, 2016

Sofidel Breaks Ground on New Circleville Facility

Sofidel CEO Luigi Lazzareschi

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – Sofidel Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue
paper for hygiene and domestic use, broke ground on its new 1.95 million-square-foot
facility in Circleville, Ohio on July 11, 2016. The Circleville facility will be
Sofidel’s sixth manufacturing site in the U.S. and the company’s first U.S. greenfield
project.

Burgess & Niple has been working with Sofidel since December 2015 to assist with
the site permitting, groundwater source development and environmental, civil, mechanical
and electrical engineering for the new manufacturing plant. B&N also is working
closely with the Pickaway County Building Department to facilitate the building
permit process. Sofidel employees are temporarily working out of the Burgess &
Niple headquarters in Columbus, Ohio until they locate permanent office space.

"Today, we celebrate the commencement of construction of the first Sofidel integrated
paper mill to be built from the ground up in the United States," said Sofidel CEO
Luigi Lazzareschi during remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony. "It’s going to
be a very big project for us."

The new facility is being designed to help reduce its environmental impact. This
includes two co-generation plants that will produce electricity to run the paper
machinery. The heat generated during the manufacturing process will be used to dry
the paper and heat the building. In addition, the process water will be recycled
and LED lighting will be used throughout the facility.

Estimated to be operational in March 2018, the facility will manufacture toilet
paper, paper napkins, paper towels and facial tissue. The project will be phased
and delivered using a combination of design-build and design-bid-build to fast track
the construction and meet Sofidel’s aggressive project schedule.